Event Planner Badge Part 1

One of the event choices for the Event Planner badge is to plan a hen do or stag do. My brownie co-leader and Girlguiding bestie is getting married in August so I decided to plan a surprise Brownie hen do for her. We had 20 girls and 4 adults and we all had a great evening. She is a huge Disney fan ao we had Disney love songs as background music, we had a Disney love song quiz, played pass the bouquet, and the girls turned our assistant leader and unit helper into loo roll brides complete with catwalk. We had cake and gifts, our Hen was completely surprised and really touched by my efforts. I deliberately didn't tell anyone what I had planned until at the week before to minimise the risk if ruining the surprise. We all had an great time and I was ao happy to have given a friend who works so hard for our unit a night that was all about her.

My First Badge

The creator of The Rebel Badge Book, has stated that those pursuing badges can back date their achievements. This is not something I would normally do, but in the case of this specific badge I have made an exception. I have claimed my community service badge.

Whilst it has not yet been 6 months since I got my badge book, I have decided to claim this badge for my volunteering with Girlguiding, I have held a number of roles over almost 6 years and I have no intention of stopping anytime soon.

I love my life volunteering with Girlguiding, it is Girlguiding that started my love affair with badges so it seems only fitting for me to claimy forst adult merit badge for my work with them.

Introduction

Hi I'm Leanne and I'm a Badgeaholic. I have been obsessed with badges since I earned my first badge in Brownies back in 1995. I loved the sense of pride and achievement everytime I earned a new badge, especially with interest badges where I had done all the work on a topic that interested me on my own, I can still remember the anticipation of waiting for Brown Owl or one of the other leaders to assess my badge work and they joy in being told that I had earned the badge. Today I am a leader in both Brownies and Rainbows and love being able to hand.out badges to the girls in my units for a job well done. I am still badge obsessed myself and have collected an array of fun badges as an adult as well as badges for attending training days and thank you badges from my County and Region. Whilst I love these badges they do.not give me the same sense of achievement I had earnings badges and a child so when I heard about The Rebel Badge Book, I knew I had ro get involved. I bought the book back in March, but starting a new job has left little time for badge work, however, I am now off work for 6 weeks for the school holidays and plan to spend that time working on badges to my hearts content. This blog is primarily for accountability and to track my progress, but I hope that if you are reading this you enjoy coming on thos journey with me. Leanne